CRIME AND PUNISHMENT. ORGANIZED CRIME- WHAT IS IT, AND CAN IT BE STOPPED? PT 5.

So what was the the Real Foundation for the Establishment of Organized Crime in the U.S.? Well, Quite Simply...

...It was the REALIZATION BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD/ETHNIC GANGS, that ONLY VICTIMIZING THOSE WHO; 

-  Lived and Worked in the Same General Area as the ROSTER OF INDIVIDUALS WHO MADE UP THE MEMBERSHIP.

-  Were Part of Their Ethnic Group.

-  Had Limited Economic Resources and 

Employment Opportunities. 

Could not Offer the Guarantee of enough Ill-Gotten Wealth to Satisfy the Greed and Desired Lifestyle of Those who Preferred Using Terror and Force on Innocent Victims, Even IF IT MEANT VICTIMIZING THOSE WHO WERE TRYING TO DO NOTHING MORE THAN SUPPORT AND RAISE A FAMILY.

Why?

The FORMATION OF GANGS AMONG ETHNIC GROUPS

WAS USUALLY THE RESULT OF AN UPSURGE IN NUMBERS

OF IMMIGRANTS, AND THE DIFFICULTY OF EACH GROUP

TO ASSIMILATE INTO A NEW CULTURE, SOMETIMES BECAUSE 

OF THE HOSTILITY AND PREJUDICE FROM NATIVISTS AND

ANTI- IMMIGRATION POLITICIANS, OR ANY GROUP IN POWER WHO 

REFUSED TO SHARE ANY PART OF IT.

These Situations OFTEN RESULTED IN NEWLY ARRIVED 

IMMIGRANT POPULATIONS BEING DENIED FAIR 

OPPORTUNITIES IN EMPLOYMENT, CREDIT OR HOUSING.

So, Just to Survive, They had to Accept Jobs that the 

Resident Population REJECTED or COULD NOT FILL IN

SUFFICIENT NUMBERS.

So any Kind of Real Wealth, Even Through Criminal Activity,

was usually Located in Other Populated Areas and Neighborhoods.